Module 1 Week 2: Facilitator Lead Kristi
Hello everyone,
Welcome to Module 1 – Building an Online Community. In Week 2, we have designed the activities to help you learn community building strategies for your own courses and to contribute to an online community of your own. There are six activities that will help you learn more about yourselves and each other. We look forward to getting to know you as you work through the activities. Please feel free to reach out on our Course Communication forum if you have questions.
Kristi & Joerdis
Friday afternoon 13.54 – Joerdis sends out Thanksgiving greeting to help build community:Dear all,
What an insightful week this has become with you sharing your online teaching experiences, ways of viewing learning and the approaches you therefore take to teaching. I wanted to thank you all for your contributions, and on that note of thankfulness, leave my best wishes for an enjoyable thanksgiving, where- and whomever you will be spending it with.
With the climate crisis so apparent, this year has left me often shellshocked, but at the same time I’ve made it a deliberate effort to take in the beauty around me and appreciate the human connections I made or reinforced with some inspiring individuals. I was thrilled when I went out to harvest and later ferment my first batch of beautiful fireweed this June, for instance, and I still can’t believe my luck of working so closely with my new colleague, Kristi, now.
Although I won’t have a full turkey this year, I still remember my first turkey dinner at our friend’s place four years ago and how I made my own first full turkey purchase on an organic farm nearby the year later 🙂
Joerdis
